Qigong y flexibilidad en mujeres jóvenes, según estudio preliminar aleatorizado con grupo control

Objective: To know if the practice of Qigong has an influence on waist-hip index and flexibility in young women. Design: A Longitudinal Pilot Study, approved by The Commission of Bioethics of the University of Extremadura. Location: Faculty of Medicine. University of Extremadura. Participants: Inclusion criteria: Female, university student, between 18�23 years old, no present pathologies and a signed informed written consent. Exclusion criteria: Federated athlete. Included 41 subjects. Interventions: Qigong exercise (Exercise composed of 20 figures for Health and Longevity) twice a week, for a month. Measurements: Variables: Age, weight determined by digital weighing scale Pondera B1010©, waist-hip index measured by tape measure Siluet©, lumbar flexibility in centimeters by means of finger-ground test. Recorded values pre-test at time zero, and Post-test after four weeks of exercise. Results: Decrease of the average arithmetic value referring to improvements in lumbar flexibility in group case (9.20 cm pre-test / 6.66 cm post-test), is highly significant (P